pauschal
\paʊ̯ˈʃaːl\
The verdict
“pauschal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forfaitaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pauschal · pauschal · French
pauschal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pauschal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \paʊ̯ˈʃaːl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pauschal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \paʊ̯ˈʃaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pauschal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pauschal, spelled P-A-U-S-C-H-A-L.
Definition
- 1Forfaitaire.
- 2Global.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pauschal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe für die Arbeit pauschal 1000 Euro bezahlt.
Um etwa 30 000 Tonnen vergammelte Tomaten, angefaulte Salatköpfe und anderen Abfall aus der Biotonne in der Anlage zu entsorgen, erhielt die Firma Ganser als Betreiber vom Landkreis eine pauschale Vergütung von mindestens 1,7 Millionen Euro brutto pro Jahr.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.